How Food Becomes Food For Thought.

Assalam alaykum,

Sometimes, we complain about cost or availability of food, but hardly reflect on the origin, meaning and significance of food; its bearing on sustaining human existence and Nations Political fortunes and future of Mankind. In this regard, may I invite our attention to Ayats (Verses) 24-32 of Surat Abasa of the Holy Qur'an (80:24-32) where Allah, Most High, says:--

"LET MAN, THEN, CONSIDER [the sources of] HIS FOOD: [how it is] THAT WE
POUR DOWN WATER, POURING IT DOWN ABUNDANTLY; AND THEN WE CLEAVE
THE EARTH [with new growth], CLEAVING IT ASUNDER, AND THEREUPON WE CAUSE
GRAIN TO GROW OUT OF IT, AND VINES AND EDIBLE PLANTS, AND OLIVE TREES AND
DATE-PALMS, AND GARDENS DENSE WITH FOLIAGE, AND FRUITS AND HERBAGE, FOR
YOU AND FOR YOUR ANIMALS TO ENJOY".

In these Ayats, we appreciate the story of food.... the provision of which is carefully planned by the Hand which created man. Man plays no role in any of its stages, even the seeds and grains he casts on the earth are not of his making, but that of Allah, the All-Knowing, the Wise.